Thoughts and observations by English poet Roger N. Taber, a retired librarian & poet-novelist.- "Colour, creed, sex, sexuality... these are but part of a whole. It is the whole that counts." RNT [NB While I have no wish to create a social network, I will always reply to emails. Contact: rogertab@aol.com].

Monday, 15 July 2013

Come Twilight's Sword OR On Earth Mother's Watch

Some 30+
years ago, I had a severe nervous breakdown. Among other aspects of irrational behavior,
I became preoccupied with the idea of dying, and deliberately overdosed on
paracetamol. I was unconscious for 35 hours. I recovered consciousness only
briefly, but long enough to make my way to my nearby GP’s surgery. I recall
nothing else until waking up in hospital another 24 hours later. It was a good
year before I was glad my suicide attempt failed; so deep was my depression
that I could see no light at the end of the tunnel at the time.

The poem
below was inspired by a recurring dream I’ve had since those dark days. It not
only reinforces my faith in Earth Mother’s kinder side, but also makes me
determined to avoid freefalling into The Abyss a second time. It is
particularly reassuring as I learn to contend with a low-medium level of
prostate cancer.

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About Me

A gay man. Born in Gillingham, Kent (UK) Dec. 21st 1945. Graduated with BA Hons.(Class 2/1) in English & American Literature, the University of Kent in Canterbury, summer 1973.

Some 700+ poems have appeared in poetry publications worldwide since 1993, excluding any that only appear in my collections.

Better known as a poet, my first novel - 'Blasphemy' was published in the USA, October 2006 ; it is Book 1 of a planned trilogy and was also distributed in the UK & the rest of Europe. Book 2 - 'Sacrilege' -was self-published and only on sale in the UK or on the Internet. [Book 3 - 'Redemption' - has been delayed due to illness. (I have prostate cancer.) Other novels have not yet found an agent/ publisher but are serialised on my fiction site.